Office Buildings are the staple of the American city skyline and Hohbach-Lewin has been designing them since our inception. Structural solutions involve a range of lateral force resisting elements with Buckling Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFs), the leading candidate due to their highly ductile nature and predictable seismic performance. Hohbach-Lewin has devised connection design strategies that improve the rotational capacities within the beam column joints while reducing expensive field welding.

Paramount to the design process it is to coordinate early on with the architect where vertical lateral force resisting elements are to be located to maintain maximum floor plan flexibility.